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Newbi help needed with VLAN performance MS108EUP and GS110EMX
Just updated my home network by adding a NETGEAR MS108EUP and GS110EMX so I can have 2 VLAN's connecting my basement and upper floor with both my internet network and the Google fiber network. I thin...
Quick update.
First, thank you for those that offered guidance and help!
After trying to get this working a couple more times I ended up calling Netgear support who also couldn't find anything wrong with my setup or configuration. We concluded the switch was not working correctly and so I ordered a new one and now everything is working as it should, so the MS108EUP was the issue.
I ended up getting a second GS110EMX rather than replacing the MS108EUP with the same switch as I found several other reviews that seemed to have similar issues with that switch, and I don't need the POE feature.
Thanks again!
Mark.
That configuration, although theoretically correct, will likely experience performance problems if there is heavy traffic flowing through the MS108EUP switch between VLANs. That makes both switches handle the same traffic twice and push the same traffic twice through the trunk link. Connecting the Synology router to MS108EUP instead of GS110EMS may improve the performance.
As for the WiFi extender suspicion, it may be just miscommunication due to different understanding of the term. To me, an WiFi extender is something like a WiFi repeater or bridge. However, if your WiFi extender is what I call a WiFi mesh node, it should be perfectly okay to connect it to a switch to take advantage of an Ethernet backhaul. I actually did that myself when I had an ASUS mesh system.
Quick update.
First, thank you for those that offered guidance and help!
After trying to get this working a couple more times I ended up calling Netgear support who also couldn't find anything wrong with my setup or configuration. We concluded the switch was not working correctly and so I ordered a new one and now everything is working as it should, so the MS108EUP was the issue.
I ended up getting a second GS110EMX rather than replacing the MS108EUP with the same switch as I found several other reviews that seemed to have similar issues with that switch, and I don't need the POE feature.
Thanks again!
Mark.
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